The Dallas County Commissioners voted unanimously to extend the COVID-19 public health disaster declaration to Aug. 4 in a meeting Tuesday.
The disaster declaration was originally declared March 12 and includes but is not limited to:
* Requiring all laboratories to report COVID-19 testing to Dallas County
* Restricting employers from requiring a negative COVID-19 note for a COVID-19 recovered employee to return to work
* Ordering a household to self-isolate if someone in the household tests positive for COVID-19
* Requiring schools to submit a plan to Dallas County before reopening
* Prohibiting non-essential visitors from nursing, retirement or long-term facilities
* Prohibiting price gouging for specific items except "except where an increased retail price is the result of increased supplier or other costs"